In his Gabriel NOW! Column for Diamond Retailers, Marvel Senior VP of Sales David Gabriel revealed new Marvel NOW variant covers and teased a possible "Psylocke" series coming in the future. UPDATED with more variant covers!

In November, writer Dan Slott kicks off a three-part "Amazing Spider-Man" story that climaxes with the game-changing milestone issue #700. We spoke with him about the arc and the stories leading up to it.

Following the announcement of Spidey's sidekick earlier this morning, Marvel has released a preview of Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos' "Amazing Spider-Man" #692 featuring the first appearance and origin of Alpha.

Marvel has announced that as part of Spider-Man's 50th anniversary celebration, the world's favorite wall-crawler will take on a sidekick courtesy of Dan Slott and Humbert Ramos. UPDATE: Hi-res Alpha art added.

Paul Jenkins and FLOGGING returns to CBR, as the writer waxes poetic on the world that is Twitter and teases details about his and Humberto Ramos' current Kickstarter project, "Fairy Quest." Plus, Betty White!

Humberto Ramos and Tom Brevoort take the stage at Anaheim's WonderCon to discuss the incoming plans for "Amazing Spider-Man" including a look at the return of the Lizard in "No Going Back" and the announcement of "Space: Punisher."

James Hunt gives "Amazing Spider-Man" #678 4 stars calling Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos' new time travel tale "as good as anything they've done, with an ending that guarantees you'll be there for the next issue."